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Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted… — Edna O'Brien
Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy… — Edmond Halley
My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian. I am still in too much of a hurry. But if the work I… — Stanley Hauerwas
... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich… — Daniel J. Mitchell
The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror,… — Unknown Author
Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so… — Plato
About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it,… — Clement Freud
I was walking along a road one evening – on one side lay the city, and below me was the fjord. The sun went down… — Edvard Munch
Without repeating everything that we have already mentioned, it is appropriate first of all to emphasize the following point: for the Church, the first means… — Pope Paul VI
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard — Rick Majerus
For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is… — John Calvin
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun… — Epictetus
If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we… — Richard Rorty
To lay hold of and receive the gospel by a true and saving faith is an act of the soul that has been made a… — John Bunyan
Faith is a fruit, work, or gift of the Spirit of God, whereby a poor soul is enabled through the mighty operation of God, in… — John Bunyan
Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God? If you do,… — J C Ryle
What we dedicate today is not a memorial to war, rather it's a tribute to the physical and moral courage that makes heroes out of… — Bob Dole
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
If we live with possibilities we are exiles from the present which is given us by God to be our own, homeless and displaced in… — Thomas Merton
As I lay stretched upon the beach of Nice, I began to feel hatred for birds which flew back and forth across my blue sky,… — Yves Klein
Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publication, the free press as we know it disappears. Then… — William O. Douglas
As I was walking in the fields, the thought came over me with almost overwhelming power, that every one of my flock must soon be… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
There are a thousand unnoticed openings, continued my father, which let penetrating eye at once into a man's soul; and I maintain it, added he,… — Laurence Sterne
This is basically the last resort. I've been painted into a corner, and now I've sort of got to lay it all out in order… — Corey Clark

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